1. Gang violence
In Images and Reality: Juvenile Crime, Youth Violence, and Public Policy, the authors contend that arrest statistics represent the number of juveniles arrested for violent crime "not the number of violent crimes committed by young people.'... He suggests that madness...is the natural, predictable reaction'' of youths to the larger, hostile adult culture that is anti-youth, particularly anti-African-American youth.' ... (URL: iir.com, 1997) Part of the OJJDP's response has been the creation and operation of the National Youth Gang Center. ... Developed und...
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